Dental education about patients with special needs: A survey of U.S. and Canadian dental schools

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1179-1189

  Krause, Meggan ^a   Vainio, Lauren ^a   Zwetchkenbaum, Samuel ^a   Inglehart, Marita R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Dental care for disabled; Dental education; Oral health care for the underserved; Patients with special needs

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EDUCATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; TEACHING; TIME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CANADA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FACULTY, DENTAL; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PRECEPTORSHIP; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 79251625415     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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